European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 17, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Coren on Bridge by Charles go Ren and Omar Sharif coming up Trumps neither vulnerable. South deals. North a a 6 2 9 a 10 9 7 6 0 j 3 a a q 7 West East # k j 8 5 4 a q 10 3 9 8 9 q5 3 10 5 0 k 8 6 2 j 8 4 4 9 0 2 South 4 9 7 9 k j 4 2 0 q 9 7 4 a 10 5 3 0 a 4 k the bidding South West pass 1 4 3 9 pass pass pass opening Lead eight of 9 North East dbl 2 4 4 9 pass if Shakespeare had been alive to witness this hand being played he might have written a play about it. An appropriate title would have been a comedy of errors. We Are not enthralled with North stakeout double of one Spade. Suppose South had bid three diamonds rather than three hearts what then we would have preferred a pass followed by a balancing double when two Spades was passed Back or even an immediate Overall of two hearts. As for South a three hearts no medals Are awarded for bravery at Bridge. Afraid to Lead front any Tenace West selected the Sifi Gleton Trump for the opening Salvo. There is probably no worse Lead in Bridge and Here it almost surely Cost a trick. Declarer won but failed to make the most of this stroke of Luck. After drawing two More rounds of Trump ending in hand Declarer continued with a Diamond to the Jack and King. East a Spade return was taken in Dummy and a Diamond to the nine lost to the ten. West cashed the King of Spades and continued the suit forcing South to Ruff. In hand for the last time Declarer successfully finessed the Queen of clubs but still had to lose a club trick for Down one. Having been blessed with a trick and a Tempo on the opening Lead Declarer could have exploited the combined assets More effectively by immediately leading a Diamond to the Jack and King. Declarer ducks the Spade shift and wins the continuation. A Diamond to the nine loses to the ten the Spade return is ruffed and a Diamond is ruffed on the Board fetching West Sace. All that remains is for Declarer to Cash the Ace of hearts and return to hand with a Trump to discard a club on the Queen of diamonds and take the club finesse for the contract. Q. A neither vulnerable As South you hold 483 9akj70 0954 4aj8 the bidding has proceeded North East South West 1 4 pass 2 9 pass 2 4 pass ? what do you bid now awkward hand. You can to raise Spades and a heart rebid would Promise a six Bagger. Since bidding no Trump with an uns topped suit is unappetizing the Only stratagem left is to make a Tempo izing bid of three clubs. Q. A neither vulnerable As South you hold 4aj854 7652 93 472 the bidding has proceeded North East South West 1 9 dbl ? what action do you take an opposing takeout double a jump in opener s suit would be preemptive. That action however should be reserved for hands that contain a Singleton and few defensive values. Here you should make the same response you would have had there been no double. Raise to two hearts. 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A neither vulnerable As South you hold 45 9akj93 a.j0 49852 the bidding has proceeded South West North East 1 9 pass 2 it pass 9 a what do you bid now very pretty. To rebid three hearts would show a six card suit and a raise to three no Trump could be catastrophic. Bidding three diamonds to pinpoint your Side strength might derail the auction so that leaves Only a bid of three clubs. We hate introducing such an anaemic suit at the three level but at least it draws attention to the fact we have a distributional hand. Puzzles and amp a v Imes vane Effort you Are challenged to place the numbers 11,12,13 and 14 in the vanes arms of this Windmill so that numbers on All four sides total the same amount. What amount that is for you to decide. But Here s a hint a it is More than 100, and a multiple of 10. Don t be intimidated. It in t that hard to solve. 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